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Dec
11
Bahá’í students mark Human Rights Day with campus activities
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The 60th anniversary of the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been marked with activities by Bahá’í students and school pupils around the United Kingdom.
Taking the theme, Education is a Human Right, young Bahá’ís hosted a number of events to raise the issue of the denial of education to their co-religionists in Iran, purely because of their beliefs.
At Queen Mary, University of London, Professor Eric Heinze of the university’s School of Law addressed a special meeting hosted by the Bahá’í student society. Professor Heinze spoke about the origins and importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In Cardiff, students and friends gathered in the Nelson Mandela room at the university’s Student Union to hear presentations and watch videos about human rights, access to education and personal experiences of living in Iran. The programme was followed by a late-night prayer vigil for human rights in the world.
Elsewhere, in Wales, some 100 students at Brynmawr comprehesive school in Blaeneu received a presentation on the situation of young people in Iran being denied access to education.
Meanwhile, students at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, participated in a letter-writing campaign supported by members of the university’s Amnesty International group.